Better than Pumpkin Pie

Sometimes my favorite fall days are the crappy ones. The ones when it rains all day, is cold and dreary.

Today was that day.

I knew it was coming. I am a chronic forecast checker. And so I planned how I would spend my day -- hanging at home, baking and watching TV with the world's cutest dog. Today was a perfect day to bake my first pie.

We had leftover butternut squash from the weekend. After a quick scan on the net for butternut squash recipes, I found this one. Better than Pumpkin Pie is good. Is it truly better than pumpkin pie? I'll leave that for you to judge.

I found it to taste heavy on sugar and light on spice, even though I added a little more than a pinch each of the spices required. That's saying a lot because I looooove sweets. Next time, I will reduce the amount of brown sugar and add a little more spice.

I would post a picture, but I already cut into the pie and it doesn't look nearly as beautiful as it did when I pulled it out of the oven. So you will just have to trust that I did a decent job with it.

Let the fall and winter baking continue!